What might’ve simply been a completely forgettable licensed sport within the conventional model turned out to be a charmingly old-school expertise in all the precise methods. The type of sport the place the enemies are all the identical three guys on a motorbike and the textures pop in on each body, however you couldn’t care much less as you burn via all the pieces it has to supply.
That is the product of a centered group making a sport with an achievable scope that prioritises stunning and considerate interactions over an affordable size of time, fairly than stretching a few pedestrian mechanics advert infinitum. And inside that framework, it manages to be the very best and admittedly solely worthy follow-up to the unique movie that is ever been produced (Sure, RoboCop 2 is bobbins, do not write in). Jim and I collaborated on the video beneath which units out why Rogue Metropolis is so profitable as a licensed undertaking:
It’s a crunchy, satisfying shooter, with a well-realised cyberpunk setting that carries on and extends the themes and satire of the supply materials in a approach that really understands what it’s imagined to be about.